Preparation Authority tier 2

The Chinese Pantry: Essential Non-Negotiable Ingredients

A reference entry consolidating Dunlop's core pantry requirements — the minimum set of ingredients needed to cook meaningfully across the Chinese kitchen. Based on her explicit recommendations in *Every Grain of Rice*.

Fuchsia Dunlop, *Land of Plenty* (2001); *Every Grain of Rice* (2012); *Land of Fish and Rice* (2016); *The Food of Sichuan* (2019)